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shanny

Noun

shan=ny

WORDNET DICTIONARY

is a kind of blenny, combtooth blenny

is a member of blennius, genus blennius

shanny, n. [Etymol. uncertain.].

The European smooth blenny (Blennius pholis). It is olive-green with irregular black spots, and without appendages on the head. [1913 Webster]

shanny, n. (pl. -ies) a long-bodied olive-green European marine fish, Blennius pholis.

Etymology

19th c.: orig. unkn.: cf. 18th-c. shan

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